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We sought to compare the differences in clinical findings, viral loads, and outcomes between patients with confirmed COVID-19 who initially tested negative on chest CT (CT negative) with patients who tested initially positive on chest CT (CT positive). The clinical data, viral loads, and outcomes of initial CT-positive and CT-negative patients examined between January 2020 and April 2020 were retrospectively compared. The efficacy of viral load (cyclic threshold value [Ct value]) in predicting pneumonia was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and area under the curve (AUC). In total, 128 patients underwent initial chest CT (mean age, 54.3 <jats:italic>\u00b1<\/jats:italic> 19.0 years, 50% male). Of those, 36 were initially CT negative, and 92 were CT positive. The CT-positive patients were significantly older (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; .001) than the CT-negative patients. Only age was significantly associated with the initial presence of pneumonia (odds ratio, 1.060; confidence interval (CI), 1.020-1-102; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .003). In addition, age (OR, 1.062; CI, 1.014\u20131.112; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .011), fever at diagnosis (OR, 6.689; CI, 1.715\u201326.096; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .006), and CRP level (OR, 1.393; CI, 1.150\u20131.687; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .001) were significantly associated with the need for O<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> therapy. Viral load was significantly higher in the CT-positive group than in the CT-negative group (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .017). The cutoff Ct value for predicting the presence of pneumonia was 27.71. Outcomes including the mean hospital stay, intensive care unit admission, and O<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> therapy were significantly worse in the CT-positive group than in the CT-negative group (all <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; .05). 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